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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-10-15
DIBRELL.
Personal Points and Pithy Paragraphs
From North Warren.

Weather changable, changing from
warm to cool, with a cold mist of
rain, clouds from the North.
Another wedding took place here
last week, the upping-block standing
as a monumental witness to the same.
Mr.. John Mallican had won the
heart of a Miss Hannah Davis, and
having procured the authority, was
on his way here. Finding Rev.
Nelson Sparkman at the roadside,
he at once procured his services.
They seemed inclined to remain up
on their horses and have the comfort
ing words said, but were induced at
length to alight, and in the presence
of few parties the nuptial knot was
tied and the happy, couple mounted
their steeds and left, feeling no doubt
that a grand victory had been won
for that day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Upchurch, who has
been a great sufferer for many years,
died Tuesday Oct. 18th, and was
buried in the family graveyard the
day following at . o'clock, p. m.
Col. Robt. Webb, who has been
afflicted for a long time with rhema-
tism and lately with cancer. has been
suffering very much recently.
Master Byron Parker and Fred
Parker attended the fair at Sparta
last week.
Miss Minnie Sanders is here today.
Mr.. d. f. Murphy will soon have
Il new residence near Mt. Zion.
a big frost expected tonight ac-
cOrding to the present outlook.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-10-15
CLEANING + AND DYEING.

The undersigned will clean and dye all
kinds of mems clothing, any color desired.
Ladies' Dresses, Wraps, ETC., also cleaned
and dyed any shade of color. Prices
very moderate, and a liberal patronage So
licited. MRS. CALLIE BYARS.
a-6-4t McMinnville, Tenn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-10-15

Forest fires have been raging for
three or four days throughout several
California counties.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
Saw the Point.

A man having large business inter-
ests and handsome income married
lady who, accustomed all her previous
life to the Injuries of wealth, had new
or formed any clear concept on of the
value and purchasing power OF money.
For some months every within, no mat
ter how extravagant, was prompt
ly gratiiied by the indulgent husband,
who always gave his check for any
amount of money asked. One day the
br de OF few months, to carry out some
caprice, requested check for so large
sum that the gentleman was stngger-
ed thereby. He saw that snch pro-
dgality, if persisted in, meant ru n;
but not wish NC TO grove his wife by ii
downright refusal. lie determined to
give her an object lesson in the nan-
ciai line, Accord ngls, with a SIN lie OF
seeming acquiescence, he remarked
that the supply of checks was exhaust
ell. but he would send up the money
from the office. About noon the
promised money came, not in crisp
$500 b lis, as was expected, but in
sterling silver dollars, the sum total
filling several specie bags. The wife
WAS ut first vexed and then amused.
and finally before the afternoon wore
away became deeply thoughtful. When
her better half came home to supper
she took him gently by the arm, and,
and leading him inlo the hall where the
ponderous bags of speoie were still
standing, said:
My dear. is this the money asked
you for this morning."
At is. my lone" was the reply.
''And d d Won have to take this all
in. dollar by dollar. in the course O.
your business9" was the next question.
Yes, my dear; it represents re-
suits of many weeks he answered
! gently,
'Weh, them" she 81 d with fearful
! eyes, ''send around Il man to take 4
back to the bank in the morn 'ng.
can't use so much money for so trivia
purpose"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
A California Girl.

Miss Ella Callehan sold to James
M Her last week forty six head of beef
cattle at 81 cents u pound SAYS The
Sierra Valley Leader This is the high
est price paid in this valley in two
years for beef cattle. Miss Callehan
received S.. 312 20 for her cattle, and
has band still growing. Some twelve
or fifteen years ago her brother d ed and
left her two good ranches and band
of cattle and horses. Since then she
has managed the ranches and stock
herself us sole proprietor. She is not
ed character here for her peculiar man
ner in attending TO her household affairs
as well as caring for her stock and
gathering in her large crop of hay ETC.,
all of which she personally supern-
tends. She can harness team, break
wild horses, run mower, or do any
thing of the work on ranch. She
shows great charity for st ock. rs often
she has been known 10 take the
young calves, colts. chickens. and ducks
INV NAiN nitNiti " StiNt tASliI IL Oll WIG
inclemeney of the weather for several
weeks at time.
She would make a good match in
marriage for mddle-a@ed man. with
muscles cultivated to work. and it is our
opinion that none othors need apply.
Dudes would not. we believe be note
ed as candidates for the matrimonial
hand of Miss Calehan. She lives alone,
and appears to enjoy herself both in
doors and out but especially when
driving a pair of her unbitable stecds,
over which she holds the rein in q man
ner peculiar to herself. She values her
property at $40, 900. Her age we do
not know, and should not mention it if
we did. She weigh. about $50 pounds.
wears neither false huir nor teeth; she
has ~ good healthy complex on and
blue eyes. She would not take good
bank checks or gold notes for her beef
from Mr.. Miller, but must have the
co N. and she took it home n barley
sack. The banks. she says, are all
swindlers, so she will not take checks
or gold notes.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

ready fed the State III q BIN. g.
INC next heard q him he IN 4 7 |. ~
cadad himself somewhera I, - eafrI.
borhoo'i Of the North Pole. IT ,ra aslgh
remained In an active and sss., ,las
statm quo until winter. AMI s, "arllte
were forwarded BY the aid Of s' J,
but perseverIng mule. Aftsr i, SLOW
blizzard had Gained the horns.s 49, afst
a little and frozen the famjlis. 1o ~
solid Jumps the contractor r.s,' ss INTO
labors and recouped his lossa. ' = MS
ping the insulators to BaItIm..s0 sup.
canning clans and sent sevsa '0t
crates OF assorted stings to En.,. s'.sa
sale as sewing-machinc needles i0s
Now l am loving citjx..
l DO not wish to imbrue my hand A. Z saa
brigadier's blood without iu.s s. y. : :
but If Gen. Greedy cooks up auv s 90
such walrus climate for this lnii,n .aOFe
he gave us last week. just ~ I I. III y
the eve OF fishing trip, l win ..s =
marked copies OF the above .t.. asnu
those capering linemen in sunny ~ y
and within week there will r. ~ S.8'
portant vacancy in the Signal On. ~
Henry Guy Carleton, in Nam ~,
World. 1ork
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
WOMAN GOSSIP.
TIE Lonely Life of Kate Chase Sprague-
What California Girl Achieved, Etc.
Kate Chase at Home.


Washington society sees but little of
Mrs. Chase, says Neso lorS Mail and
Express letter. She is some distance
out of town, although from her library
windows the dome of the capitol can
be seen looming up mile away, She
has the saving adaptabilty of all peo-
pie of sense. She is interested in her
gardening and in her daughters educa-
life that would seem singularly
empty. She makes no apology or ex-
PLANTATION of her altered style of living
Probably she inherts her fathers in
capacity for moncyed affairs. What
ever might have been said of her. the
mvinciblc courage she has shown in
misfortune commands respect. The
old house is full Of relics of splendor.
Some of The finest carved mahogany in
this country is in the b g gloomy din
ing-room. A mirror over the fireplace
has II frame that would put every thing
at Syphcrs TO shame, and sdeboard,
a buffet; and great carved sofa,
brought from Italy, are fit for palace.
In the hall is an ancient carved marr-
age chest that IS bewtching to lover
of antiquities. Everywhere shabb mess
and splcndor go hand in hand, but the
shabbiness is not vulgar nor the splen-
dor obtrusive. 1t would be brave to
rashness for one TO pity hrs. Chase
for her surroundings, or for an, thing
else about her. She makes certain
fitness and seemliness for herself out of
it all
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

bosom of her dress aud has not yet
found them. She says ''thcy must have
slipped through"
Three ladies of Mendocino. Cal.
while taking stroll in the woods on
Sunday. started u deer which their
dog caught. and the ladies held it and
cut its throat.
Mrs N b. Mead is the name OF an
enterprising woman who took Sl, ooo
in cash to Minneapolis five years ago
and has made $4,000 out of real
estate.
An Ohio girl has gone five weeks
without eating anything. She has
promised to marry $5-a-week young
man, and is practcing up.
Husbands who leave property to
their widows under the odious condi-
lions that they do not marry again
might as well not die at all.
Mrs. Cooper. the founder of the kim
dergarten system in San Francisco,
has established twenty 1.-TWO flourish
ing schools.
What pity the queen of Hawaii is
married. Some enserprsing Ameri-
can might have drawn to her and fill
ed his hand.
The surest way for sweet girl grad
yates to get into print is to wear calico
dresses. on commencement day.
Fashionable circles in Paris are NOV
ing against frizzes of every descrp-
ton.
Love in a cottage is more certain If
the cottage is nicely painted.
Every wife is admonishcd to remem-
Der that her father was II man.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
Put Oud Dot Gas.

"Schacob," said Schaumours on0
dark. rainy day to his son, VINO ~ sun
ultaneously in charge of the "su'''p'r :,
der and baper COLLAR debartmens
.'Schacob, vonce more l deils YOU r.
oud dot gas so We saves ieedie u''
hard times"
"Vader. let burning dot gas
scharge dot next customer 10" "a;
shent extra to make good dot loss NV
ter gas. ut
"Schacob. I tols you vonoe moro Pa an
dot gas oud right away. and den ven Wv y.
scharges dot customer ten po' VAR
extra We makes choosh tervenV
shent extra" m,.
The gas was extinguishcd' = WV
Sytin9s.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
A Western Wild Goose story

Il want to tell you a little story about
my boy out in Newbraskey," said an
old farmer in the smoking-car to the
party of drummers who had been tell
ing him some pretty tall yarns. "My
boy s good deal of a genius in his
way, femme tell you, and none of 'em
gets ahead of him. T'other day he rig
ged up a k tie. 1t was the biggest kite
I'd ever set eyes on. 1t was about six
top of it my boy placed a few green
branches which he'd cut from n cotton
wood tree. WHAT'S them fer?' l inquir-
ed. Never you mind, dad,' says he;
Il know what I'm about And by gosh!
he did, He flew that kite up in the air,
an stood watchin' of it for a long time,
when [ says to him: You'd better pat
that thing down, now, an get to work. ,
femme alone, dad he replied, .l'll
git thar yet And, by gosh! he did.
The next time l looked at him he was
a-hauling in on the kite line, with Il
smile on his face as broad as a furrer.
When the k tie came down near the
ground l saw what he was a-smiln' at,
an it was enough to make body smile,
too. Amy you fellcrs want te guess
what was on that kite?'
None of the drummers wanted to
guess. and the old man continued his
story.
WALL SIR a-settin' on the top O.
that kite was eleven o the purtiest
wild geese ye ever saw, Yes. sir, elcv
| en- on EN- You see, the geese was
flynn north putty thick. an my boy had
got up this scheme to catch EN-. There
MT many trees out our way. an after
fat goose has been flynn purity steady al
day he gets kind o tired like, an looks
| around Tor a place to sit down an rest
That's just what my boy was countin'
on when lie built that k tie. BY offerin'
the geese u place to stop an rest, an
by smearn' the top o the kite with
tar, so their feet would stick so fast
| they oouldn' get away, he did the bust
ness. BY gosh! but it was fun to pull
them geosein. just as fast rs we could
send the kite up and pull her down
| again we got from ten to a dozen geese,
| an in four days we captured six car
| loads. an I'm takin' 'em to Chicago
now TO sell! None o. you smart, story.
telin' feilers don't happen TO know
what wild geese is with now in tia
Chicago market, do ye?"-LR lineage
| Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

Sam Johnsng. a colored Lothario
calls at the house of Matilda SnowpS'i
Finding only her youngest steE A'
home. proceeds to pump her. o"',
little gal. after done come away las
night, did yer sister. Matilda, say sum
fine things about dis heah eiesan'
colored generman P" :,
"Yss, Mistah Johnsing, she did spoA0
about yer. for fac. !,
Use gwinter 10 glib yer some cahu' u
yer tole what she ga d about me.
'She said dat de biggest masnc''
turned ont de smallest pertaierS'
Teas SJtiHgS.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
Terribly Twisted.

A laoorer who WAS employed at
building IN course of erection in the
town OF G-- found on getting up one
morning. that he had slept too long.
lie put on his clothes rs quickly AS pos
sible, but in his hurry lac put the back
oil his trousers to the front. put his belt
around them. and went away to work
without discovering the mistake. On
taking hod of bricks up a ladder he
missed his footing, and fell with crash
to the ground. Some of tho work
men, hearing the noise. came runnin q
up and lifting him TO his feet, inquired
ne was hurt and he. looking down
and seeing h S trousers. replied:
Il think TN Not much hurt, but I've
got terr'Ss tw stl'-Hayes Yale,
Advertiser;
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
Better Luck Next Time

Young Man--'Fd like to get a posi-
ton IN your museum"
Dime Museum Proprietor What
sort of a positionT'
I've just jumped OF Brooklyn
Bridge"
Il We no use. for You. Anybody can
jump off BROOKLYN Bridge and not get
hurt. The towns full of them. What
the public or ves to see Is the corpse
OF u bridge jumper. Go back and try
1t over again. May be YOU will have
better luck next time, and secure an
engagement in our morgue depart
ment.-Ie1ts .Sit163qs.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
Increase of Cigarette Smoking.

AACTSdS9 Oh cigarette Smoking
The habit of smoking cigarettes
among public officials is aarminoIv ON
the increase. 1t is due, no doubt. to
the fact that the cigarette affords a
means of satisfy ing an appetite or GRAY
ing for tobacco and affords enough
pleasure 10 the smoker to last for the
time 1t is wanted. "A cigar or a pine
rs too much OF y smoke" said an oflic-
ial talking about the matter, lin the
Office where you are liable to be called
on Mt any moments notice by a lady
or summoned into the presence of n
superior. In an emergency of the
Kind the little thing can DO thrown
aside The cigarette. you see. is
cheap" Army officers as rule were
noticed to be addicted largely to. the
habit OF using the cigarette. They
hnd it cheaper in the long run than
cigars. Nearly all the young men and.
IN fact, not a few of the old men in
high social life can be seen smokin,
them Washington Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
The Explanation Settled It

She-"W hat, actually yawnlng! You
could spend an even ng with me with
out Nawning before we were married..
it's just hateful OF YOU"
He-"Mf dear, you misnterpret me. /
was thinking how horribly lonesome
used to be as bachelor, and yawn.
Ell without knowing it."-GriD.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

1t has been announced that an ath-
letic society of Michigan university has
engaged Mrs. A. j. Miller to explain
to them in lecture why the women
of the nineteenth century are less beau
tifnl than Mother Eve" But are they
We doubt it very much. Mother Ewes
beauty must have been mere animal
beauty, lacking the charms of intellect
ual sentiment and refined expression.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
A Home Of Our Owr

"n"or my own VIM
and fig tree, from beneath arocs :.
my own. ! am a landed proprieto,
taxpayer. the owner Of BIT Of croo.s
and house in the freshness and ho.a,s
OF its first painting and papernc ,ns
polishing. Ever since our marr;.rs
seven years ago, my wife and hsr,
longed for this day to come W. h.rs
saved and ''scrimped' and hoped ana
prayed for it. and at last it has com.
We have paid out hundreds Of dol.r.
in rent. and besn moved and hustles
around from house to house, and p|ace
to place, in the nomadic manner 4.
common among young married peouls
in America.
No one can know with what a breath
of infinite relief said last week -
Mrs. Dane, at the close of wearisoma
moving day. well. my dear, thank
the fates, this is our last moye.''
"Well. l hope SO, for goodness,
sake" said Mrs. Dane with marked
| force.
And when our two cherished Brussels
carpets were being cut and slashed into
SO recklessly. to fit the parlor and Sit
ting room. Mrs. Dane said gratefully,
"Well, it's the last time they'll have to,
be cut for they are down to stay now;
that's one consolation.
The home we are so happy in is not
all paid for. but we see our way clear
to pay for it in time. and any kind Of
home is preferable to lifelong paying
of rent. Young married people should
start out in life with the fixed do.
termination of putting roof over
their heads they can call their own;
and this is not such very hard thing
TO do in these days of loan and build
ing assoc atoms and cheap rates Of in
terest. My interest and taxes are not
much more than half the amount l
have been paying in rents.
1t is d flicult to define the feeling one
has in home of ones own. There is
something in being LANDED proprie-
tor that tones one up wonderfully,
and adds dignity and earnestness to
life. You literally feel that you are
somebody. Life takes on new rioan-
ing and new joys; you have something
to live for and work for. l actually
felt a positive pleasure in paying ny
taxes yesterday, and felt sorry for the
poor fellows who haven't any taxes to
pay.
l set out some rose bushes last week,
exulting in the thought that they were
mime, and neither they nor | were sub
ject to the within or the interests Of
some real estate agent, who could
give us thirty days notice and then
turn as adrift.
No longer am l a member Of the
mighty and miserable army of house
hunters. My rent days are done.
drive nails and tacks and hammer ant
pound when and where l please
When come home from my Office al
night, it is home indeed to me.
And when one has children II
more necessary than ever that there bf
place for them that they can cal
home; place that they can love ant
remember as home throughout al
their after lives. l hope to see the
children of my eight-months' old oaoy
playing in this house some day VA
have bought good house because We
think we shall live in this city all ou'
lives. and we never want TO g
through the miscries of another ramll.
move.
A home of your own is, l insist tn
very best investment Il yoan ceuP''
can make. 1t is something worn
saving. AMI working, and Living 1of.-
Good Housekeeping.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

A New Orleans banker, who was fond of
using Latin 10 enrich his conversation. was
asked one evening by a young lady In a hotel
where ne had been. "Ohi Just outside In the
cuspadore1 walking pro aud con" he renlir a
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

AN S-year-old boy. while flying kite
near Maldenstone, England. few days
ago. stepped backward into quarry
forty feet deep, and the passers-by ex-
pected to see him dashed to death.
But the string of the kite was around
his waist at the time. and the kite. act
7ng ms parachute, so broke the
violence of his decent that he was only
slightly bruised.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

INTERNATIONAL astronomers are en-
gagged in preparing a wonderful map
of the heavens. 1t viii be composed
of from eighteen hundred to two thou
sand sheets, and will give exact i'm
pressions of all the groups of stars.
100. e0e, 900 of which, according to
statistics complied, exist in the firma-
menE
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07
THE SEMI WEEKLY WORLD

ONE of the principal banks in Scot.
land has adopted "a new scheme regard
ing the form of its poses in order to
escape the risk of forgery, especially
by photography. which is now greater
than has ever been known. The notes
are now printed from steel plates on
back and trout in combination of
colors-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

A NEW game is very useful Aprons
unhemmed are distributed among the
ladies. and bags. each containing thread
and needle. among the gentlemen.
When gentleman finds lady with
an apron OF the same material as his
bag he Is obliged TO hem her apron.
Prizes are awarded to tho quickest
sewer and the best one. !.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

TIE application of steam power to
boot polishing has been successfully ac-
compiished in Boston, Mass. In shop
located in the midst of the d sciples of
Blackstone has been fitted up an engine
with a complex arrangement of
straps by which the brushes are whirl-
ed ut n surprising rate The customers
are seated on broad bench and are
polished of in a very short time.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

DANIEL HAND, of Guilford. Conn,
90 whom George w. Williams. of Char
lesion. S. G., has restored property
worth 100000 to settle what MIR.
Williams considers to be debt of
h0nor. has made viii in which he has
provided that at his death the interest
of 500. 600 out of his estate shall be
devoted perpetually to the education of
the ooiored children OF the south. Mr.
Hand Is IS years old.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

THE late Judge Gordon N. Mott, of
San Frame SEQ. was a forty-niner of
pur tan ancestry and Ohio birth. He
was veteran of the Texan and Mexi-
-sass wars. and participated in many
stirring events in the early days OF
California He was the principal Sec
-ond of Hon. Stephen j. Field in the lat
fer's duel with Judge Barbour in 1852.
and it was through his efforts that a
serious meeting was avertod.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

HORSEBACK exere 50 was never more
popular than at present, it is said.
Hotel landlords OF country places are
advised to add some sadilehorses to
their "modern improvements for the
summer visitor will demand exercise
according to the popular idea, Usually
Il is necessary to procure horse in
one town and telegraph for the saddle
from another There IS no better ex-
ereise unlil the ders become careless
with the feeling of their own proho-
icncy in the acco npl SIN mont.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

THE editor of The Arisona Paralysey
makes the following personal explana-
zion in a recent Issue of his paper:
YESTERDAY we were again married. 1t
will be remembered that both of our
00rsDer wives eloped with the fore
man of the office. TO avoid any future
unconventional of the kind we have this
fine marrieda lady who is herself a
compositor. aud she will set the type
while we hustle for the ducks who still
owe ON subscription.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-07

THE nj lssouri Pacific Railroad company
ON abe 18th inst effected compromise
IN the following damage suits by en-.
ployes for injur es received in the boil
or explosion in the shops at Palestine,
Tex. two wears ago: The infant
daughter of Engineer Psoldy. killed.
gets SC, 200; Wits of Machinst Riggs,
Killed. So 400; James Haley. engineer
permanently injured, $1,000; Albert
Lang. injured seriously $1,000.